THE PLAGUE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 10281, 7 January 1922, Page 3

THE PLAGUE.

...-., .. _.<*„ , r.TIiSBANE. .lan. T>. A fatal ease of plague is reported here and another at Townsville. Several new cases are reported. Of 29,000 rats destroyed five per cent, were infected. , A thrilling incident has occurred at the Charles Circus, Milan. Siefrid. t.ho lion-tamer, was half-way through his act with eight lions when one of them, who had been sulky all the evening, suddenly gave the tamer a cuff on the ear, as a cat might rebuke her kitten. Siefrid struck the lion with his whip, and then jumped aside just in time to avoid another blow, but. the animal's paw grazed the man's' bald head, and blood si reamed from the scratches. The audience was now white with horror, and women and children screamed, but the tamer stood his ground and whipped the Hon into submission. Siefrid, in spite of cries of "Enough, enough!" insisted on continuing the performance with his head and cheek bandaged. He received an ovation.